Joe Murphy’s Return Revives
an Old Football Legend
Joe Murphy came to town Monday.
Joe gained everlasting fame in O’Neill on a grey afternoon
in November, 1910. Creighton Prep, of Omaha, had engaged
O’Neill high school for a practice football game in a match tnat
was engineered primarily by Atkinson’s George Campbell, now
deceased, a Prep backfield man. The Preppers were envision
ing lots of fancy things about their team’s possibilities. O Neill,
a green country outfit, would be a warmup.
Creighton Prep was leading 7-0 going into the last min
utes of play. The O'Neill team was reinforced for the event
with Murphy. Gene Leahy (brother of Notre Dame’s Frank
Leahy) and Bill Milner, who hailed from Atkinson. The
"spiking" met with the blessings of the highly-touted Oma
hans, who were heavy favorites.
Halfback Murphy, an 18-year-old farm boy who never at
tended O’Neill high, had been recruited for the game because his
175 pounds were tough and durable.
There were numerous interruptions that afternoon because
Prep’s Campbell (the Atkin: on nun) was being subjected to es
pecinny rougn treatment Dy
his Holt county acquaintances.
Races 57 Yards
Finally, Murphy, who had
been harmless offensively thus
far in the game, scampered
through the middle of the
Prep line and raced 57 yards
for a touchdown. The try for
extra point was good and
that’s the way the game end
ed, 7-all.
It was a resounding moral
victory, however, for O’Neill
for the Preppers had been su
premely confident and were
willing that O’Neill recruit any
one within a 100 miles for the
occasion.
Joe, who is visiting his sis
ter, Mrs. M. P. Sullivan, had
long since forgotten the 1910
debacle . . . until Monday.
Conklin in Lineup
Joe Murphy . . . his touch
down jolted Creighton Prep.—
The Frontier Photo by John H.
McCarville.
Other members of the O’
Neill high team were Bob
Hanley, Cheese Conklin, Bill
Biglin, Tom Golden, and
Ducky McNichols.
Fifty-six and greying, Joe Murphy, who has resided in Kan
sas City, Kans., since 1915, found it dif icult to recall any of the
details of the game except the touchdown run itself.
“Gosh, fellows,” he complained, “it’s been a long time ago."
Estimate 3,500
Guests O'Neill Day
1
Crowds Show Approval
of Chamber-Sponsored
Entertainment
An estimated 3,500 persons
were guests of the Chamber of
Commerce and other business
and professional people Tuesday
—O’Neill day.
They came from all corners of
Holt county and from other
nearby counties for the Cham
ber’s all-out effort to entertain
the folks in the O’Neill terri
tory.
The activity opened with a pa
rade at 10 a.m., led by the At
kinson band. The O’Neill band,
wearing new uniforms unpacked
several hours earlier, won
special plaudits from the crowds
that lined Douglas street.
Winners Named
The parade winners include:
Business floats—Shelhamer Farm
fc & Equipment company, first;
Corkle Hatchery, second. Fou -
H floats—Blue Skies Sew &
Sewers, first; O’Neill Victory
Belles, second. Social and fra
ternal—Holt County Rural Youth
club, first.
Streets sports followed at 11
a.m. and horse races were staged
at 11:30.
The O’Neill band was heard in
a concert at 1 p.m., and at 2
p.m., the first performance by
the free act troupes was present
ed. The entertainers included
Ray Liday, comedy juggler and
unicyclist (see photo at right);
Howard Huntington, magician;
Johnny Sanna, dancer and imi
tator, Beverly Neil, acrobat, and
Nelson Thomason, a head-and
^ hand stander.
O'Neill Blanks Butte
O’Neill blanked Butte 9-0 and
there were four knockouts and
one draw in the American Le
gion-sponsored boxing show.
(See SPORTS on page 3 for de
tails.)
The evening’s entertainment,
besides the boxing, included a
concert at 7 by the O’Neill band,
the second performance by the
free-act troupe at 7:30, and a
pavement dance at 9:30. featur
ing Jug Brown and his orches
tra.
SCHOOL HEARING
* TO COURTROOM
The hearing for the reapprais
al of Holt county’s 77,000 acres
of school land has been set for
9 a.m. in the courtroom at the
Holt county courthouse, it was
announced this week by Henry
H. Bartling, of Lincoln, secretary
of the state board of educational
lands and funds.
Bartling said the purpose of
the hearing was “to take testi
mony and to receive evidence
as to the value of all school land
in Holt and to establish a val
uation for rental purposes.”
The valuation has been a point
of controversy between the state
board and Holt’s 200-odd lease
t holders. The board originally
ordered a 70 percent valuation;
increase. This may be revised
following the September 18
hearing
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JASZKOWIAK AND
GOLDEN TO FINALS
Last Year’s Finalists
Repeat; Grady Brothers
Eliminated
The 1946 finalists in the
city golf tournament survived
semifinal play again this year
and Sunday will compete for the
O’Neill title at the Country club
course. They are M. J. (“Max”)
Golden, the defending champion,
and A. P. (“Scovie”) Jaszkowiak.
Golden and Jasxkowiak
gained the finals in the champ
ionship flight by defeating the
Grady brothers. Golden de
feated Ben Grady and Jasz
kowiak edged Bill Grady. Both
scores were 3-2.
This year’s finalists went 21
holes a year ago before Golden
emerged the victor.
Two youthful golfers will
fight it out for top honors in the
second flight. They are Gordon
Hiatt and Ed Campbell, jr. In
second flight semifinals, Camp
bell downed Pat Harty, 5-4, and
Hiatt turned back Joe McCar
ville, 1-up.
Third flight honors rest be
tween Ralph Rickly and George
Hammond. Rickly eliminated
John Baker, 7-6, and Hammond
bested Willard Naprstack, 1-up.
Consolation pairings follow:
Championship flight— Ed Camp
bell vs. Paul Kuitschek; second
flight — Bob Evans vs. winner
of Bill McIntosh - F. J. Fisher;
third flight — Dale French vs.
Duke Kersenbrock. The French
- Kersenbrock fued will go 36
holes unless one concedes.
MOTHER DIES
Mrs. Hannah Dahlsten, of Er
icson, mother of Mrs. Carl As
imus, of O’Neill, died Friday at
Ericson.
DONNA MAE AT
FARM HOME
Donna Mae Fuhrer, 15, O'
Neill’s well-known infantile par
alysis victim. Monday returned
to her farm home two miles
south of here after spending
nearly a month in the Hattie B.
Munroe home in Omaha where
she had spent a month under
observation.
Donna arrived at the Omaha
institution July 15 strapped in
a body brac.e She was given
hot baths, permitted to sit in a
wheel chair, and finally helped
to attain a partial sitting posi
tion.
The blonde-haired, b'ue-eyed
girl, who has been bedfast and
helnless for seven years, won
wide attention in May when she
graduated f om the eighth gra^e
Her parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Fuhrer,
The Frontier
VOLUME 67. — NUMBER 15. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1947. PRICE 5 CENTS
ACHIEVEMENT DAY
ATTRACTS 225
Holt 4-H’ers Gather Here
Friday; Style Show
a Highlight
Over 225 4-H club members
and leaders Friday attended the
annual Holt county achievement
day program here.
The following judging winners
have been announced: Livestock
—Murray Mellor and Benton
Mellor, both of O’Neill, first and
second, sepectively; Thomas
Kelly, of Page, third; Laverne
Engler, of Stuart, fourth, and
Linden Mulford, of Stuart, fifth.
Home economics—Phyllis Run
nels, of Stuart; Alice Whaley, of
O’Neill, and Ha June Coon, of
Inman.
Home economics winners in
the various classes were: Home
making—Ila June Coon and Joan
Adair, of Amelia. Cooking—Val
era Lofquest, of Stuart; Donna
Crabb, of O’Neill, and Ma vel
Johnson, of Stuart. Sewing—
Phvllis Runnells, Alice Whaley
and Lorraine Coats, of Stuart;
Phyllis Rzeszotorski, of Emmet;
Norman Foreman, of Emmet;
Shirley Slr^-k, of Dorsey, and
Shirley Kaiser, of Atkinson.
Hall Agent a Judge
Demonstration teams placing
high in home economics wo-e:
Maxine Peterson and Beverly
Small, of Amelia* first; Lois
Heiss and Harriet Simmons, of
Page, second; Marilyn, Walter
and Jacquelyn Taggert, of Cham
bers, third.
Agricultural exhibits received
the following premiums; Bird
houses—Donna Whaley and
Helen Thomas, first; Donna
Whaley, second. Bird feeder—
Donna Whaley, first, and Helen
Thomas, second. Bird chart—
Helen Thomas, first, and Donna
Whaley, second. Rope halter—
Albert Kruse, first.
Highlight of the day was the
style review in which girls in
4-H sewing projects took part. In
the apron division, Donna Crabb
| olaced first and Norma Lou
Foreman, second. Pinafores—
Lois Pierson, first; and Wilma
I Potts, second. Summer wardr be
j (purple award)—Donna Krotter;
Betsy Simmons, first; Loiraine
i Coats, second; Selena Belle Ho
' vey, third. Winter wardrobe—
Lois Heiss, first.
Judges for exhibits and dem
onstrations were Miss Harriet
Adams, of Hall county home
agent, of Grand Island; Mrs. Ed
gar Stauffer, of Page; and Mrs
Vern Sageser, of Amelia.
Judges for the judging contests
were Mrs. Jess Mellor, Mrs. A
Neil Dawes. Miss Maude Mellor
and Mrs. Martin Helmricks.
Youth, 13, Injured
as Team Runs Away
PAGE—Richard Christen, 13,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Christen, who live south of Page,
was injured seriously Friday
while riding a hayrake. The
team of horses he was driving
got out of control and the boy
was thrown'from the rake.
Nine stitches were taken in
the youth’s arm and side when
he was taken to a doctor for
medical treatment. In addition,
young Christen was suffering
from shock and bruises.
B. O. AND GERTIE
“B. O. Plenty” (left) and
“Gravel Gertie,” famous fun
nypaper characters, were
standouts in the O’Nedl dav
parade. Minus the weird at
tire, “Mr. Plenty” is Robert
Mullen and “Gertie" is T.-»-lie
McKim.—The Front:er Photo
by John H. McCarville.
_The Frontier Photos by John H. McCarville.
THRONGS VIEW O’NEILL DAY FREE ACTS
Pictured is a portion of the
throng that jammed O’Neill s i
main intersection Tuesday af
ternoon to witness the free act
entertainment on O’Neill day.
MRS. ARBUTHNOT
DIES SUDDENLY
Expires on West Coast;
Funeral Arrangements
Not Completed
Mrs. Evelyn Arbuthnot. 69,
widow of the late Robert L. Ar
buthnot, died early today
(Thursday) at the home of a
daughter, Miss Roberta Arbuth
not, in Berkeley, Calif. Mrs. Ar>
Sutbnot had not been in poor
health and death was caused by
a sudden heart attack.
Funeral services have not been
arranged. The body will be
shipped to O’Neill for burial.
Rites will be held in St. Pat
j rick’s Catholic church and inter
nment will be made in Calvary
cemetery.
Mrs. Arbuthnot had been re
siding in California for about a
year.
She was born at Winona,
Minn., in March, 1878, and came
to Holt county as a young girl
with her mother, Mrs. Margar
et Burke. On November 17.
1903, she married Robert L.
(“Bob”) Arbuthnot at Ashland.
They became the parents of one
son and two daughters. Mr. Ar
buthnot was an automobile and
oil merchant here for many
years, and at the time of his
death, January 28, 1942, was a
member of the city council.
Mrs. Arbuthnot’s survivors in
clude: son, Jack, of O’Neill;
daughters, Mrs. John DeHall, of
Birmingham, Ala., and Miss Ro
berta Arbuthnot, of Berkeley;
three sisters, Mrs. David Stan
nard and Mrs. J. B. Mellor, both
of O’Neill, and Mrs. Frank Han
sen, of Lusk, Wyo.
LOUISE PETERSON
DIES AT LYNCH
Mrs. Louise Peterson, SI. wi
dow of the late Millard Peter
son, died at 4 p.m. Monday in
*he Lynch hospital on the same
day that she was taken there
for medical treatment. She had
been suffering from a lingering
liver ailment.
Funeral services were held at
2 p.m. today (Thursday) at the
Pleasant valley church with bur
ial in the Pleasant Valley cem
etery.
Rev. Anderson, of Newport,
officiated in the burial rites.
Mrs. Peterson, formerly Miss
Louise Stein, was born January
9, 1896, near O’Neill and mar
ried Millard Peterson. They
became the parents of two sons,
Robert and Harold, and one
daughter, Lois Ann.
Mr. Peterson died about three
years ago.
The O’Neill farm widow’s sur- i
vivors, besides the three chil- '
dren, include one brother, Jo
seph, and two sisters, Minnie
nad Anna, all of O’Neill.
The pallbearers we'e Charles
Fox, Elmer Devall, Walter De
vall, Clinton McMillan, Walter
Eggcr, an(j Adolph Sedoway
Ray Liday, of New York City,
a dare-devil unicyclict, is
shown in action. The photo
graph was made by The Fron
tier’s photographer from atop
the Nebraska State bank
building. The audience lust
ily applauded the entertain
ers in both the 2 p.m. and 7:30
p.m. performances.
KIDDIES QUEUE FOR RIDES
A queue of kiddies, oftimts i
a half-block long, lined up to j
take their turn on the mer y |
mix-up on O’Neill day. Free i
rides were provided for the
youngsters throughout the day
on the mix-up and kiddy ride.
PRIZE-WINNING FLOAT
A prize-winning float was
the Holt County Rural Youth
4-H club entry pictured above.
The Atkinson band led the pa
rade followed by individual
and business firm entries. The
O’Neill Municipal band, attir
ed in knatty new uniforms,
stole the show.
BUS CHASE IS
WASTED EFFORT
ATKINSON — A disturbed
woman sped into Atkinson the
other day in an automobile
she had hired in O’Neill to
overtake a westbound bus. She
said the bus had gone off
without her when she alighted
in O’Neill for a cup of coffee.
Her driver had raced 70
miles an hour in an effort to
catch the bus — apparently
in vain.
A few minutes after she
reached Atkinson the bus from
O’Neill arrived.
The bus driver explained
that while the woman was
having her coffee at O’Neill
he had driven the bus around
the corner. She mistakingly
thoueht it had departed with
out her.
Small Boy Burned
by Exhaust Pipe
AMELIA — Denny Kav. small (
son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Dolit
tie, was quite badly burned
when he sat on the exhaust pipe
of a washing machine.
HEART ATTACK
FATAL TO VISITOR
Mrs. Edna L. Selden, 54, of
Valentine, a visitor in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Miles, was
stricken by a heart attack at 9:30
a. m. Sunday and died almost
immediately. She had not been
ill.
Mrs. Selden was a sister of
Mrs. Miles and had been making
an extended visit here.
The body was shipped to Val
entine early today (Thursday)
and funeral services will be held
there at 10 a. m. Friday.
Mrs. Selden was born at
Sparks on April 4, 1893. Her
husband, William L. Selden, and
her parents were killed Septem
ber 15, 1936, in an automobile
accident between Chadron and
Hot Springs, S. D.
Survivors include two sisters,
Mrs. Miles and Mrs. L. J. Conk
lin, of Los Angeles, Calif., and
one nephew, Donald E Conklin,,
also of Los Angeles.
BENEFICIAL RAIN
TWICE IN WEEK
Thunderstorms Aid to
Parched Com;
Some Wind
--
Beneficial rains fell Sunday
and Monday evenings through™*
most of the O’Neill region, but
the moisture came too late t*
| be of much benefit to the par
, ched corn crop.
Sunday’s rainfall developed
; after skies theatened for sever
al hours. The Inman and Ewinf
vicinities were visited first, later
reaching most other sections of
Holt county.
In O'Neill, Government Ob
server Elmer Bowen reported
.24-inches. He said it was the
first "appreciable" moisture
since July 20. Monday's show
er. coming about 24 hours lat
er, netted .18-i:\ches.
The Sunday storm was accom
panied by wind that did some
damage in the Page vicinity. At
the Gerald Snyder place, north
east of Page, a barn was blow*
down, killing three head of cattle
and injuring two others. Mr.
Synder escaped injury by fleeing
to the house. At the L. C. Ra
kow farm, the wind demolished
a garage but left the automobile
untouched. At the Walter Chris
ten farm, south of the Rakow
HAILED 3D TIME
Sam Robertson, who reside#
10 miles north and three mile*
east of O’Neill, thinks he’s had
enough hail for one season. O*
Monday evening his place wai
visited by hail for the third
| time this summer. While it
was the least damaging of the
three storms, Mr, Robertson
reports that harvest is an
i empty word at his place.
There’ll be no wheat, rye, oat#
I or fiorn.
place, a tower was blown down,
the roof was whipped off the
corncrib, a hayrack was demol
ished, and the windmill was dam
aged.
Lightning Kills Cow
Nearly an inch of rainfall wai
received in Page. A cow at the
'Lyndley Crumley place was kil
led when struck by lightning.
Lightning struck the radio
aerial at the Glenn Burge
place, between Emmet and
O'Neill, igniting a dayhtsd
mattress inside the hot|%e. The
I fire was extinguished before
• much damage done,
A slight though not damaging
hail was reported at Page Mon
day nigh*,.
Mos*. of the region was cooled
by ,’.iail that had struck elao
jh. :re.
Si, in the southwest cap- -
le county, continues dry.
jrms passed over wlfrile
the citizenry felt a
ninent.
ament Observer Bow** ’
it July’s total molstuM
ted only .65-inches. Tbm
extending into August;
ly into Holt’s corn pro#
arched lawns and gar
\ 1
Roy f aring, of the Middle*
branch mv icinily, sounded
of the W osf optimistic
heard id O'Neill regarding tlw
corn , oAcok. He estimates
his corn - u iR "run nearly 4§
bushels it ‘he acre."
The Middle branch community
received ram Saturday night m
well as Sunday and Monday.
The three dim rent showers net
ted at least t%c inches, Mr. War
ing said.
Shower! Scattered
The shower!
and there wer
where the dust
tied.
The wind accc
day’s rain is re
uprooted several
chard.
The week’s we a At r summary,
based on daily 8 a%M. readings,
follows:
were scattered
isolated places
as barely set
p'lanying Mos
o ted to hare
r< es near Or
Mil.
Date High
1 August 15 82
August 16 85
August 17 93
August 18 .... 96
August 19 95
August 20 97
August 21 .... 100
Total.
FARM HOME BURNS
AS FAMILY AWAY
INMAN—A fire of unknown
origin destroyed the farm home
of Mr. and Mrs. Dana Lines;
southeast of Inman, Sunday af
ternoon. The Lines family was
attending a rodeo at Bartlett and
the fire had progressed too far
to be extinguished before it was
noticed* by neighbors.
The house and all of the con
tents were destroyed.
It is believed that the blaze
started about 2:30 p.m.